YC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Conscription In The United States, Linear Progression, Eugenics
9 Apr 2018
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Social scientists begin examining children"s attitudes to race. Situations in which race has meaning for children. Linear progression of children"s ability to interpret race and ethnic information. Most children were over the age of 5. Techniques used for study: picture/ doll choice tests. 3rd party (teacher/ parents) report of child"s behaviour because children were assumed to have naive views about social concepts until 7. Example of doll choice test: the clark experiment. The clark doll experiment (1939) was an experiment done by dr. kenneth clark and his wife mamie where they asked black doll and white doll. The dolls were the same except for their skin colour but most thought the white doll was nicer. Most black children picked the black doll as the bad one. In 1950 44% said the white doll looked like them. In past tests, however, many children would refuse to pick either doll or just start crying and run away.
